[Athens-pm] <a href="my_script.pl?argument1=string>Click this</a> can't fix it!

[Mark Pors]

At 02:19 27/02/2003 -0800, Antonis Faragitakis wrote:
>Oh! now i've understand it!
>i must use <form method="POST"
>  enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
>  action="http://localhost/login.pl?goto_url=main">
>so when i call for example "login.pl?goto_url=notepad"
>it should work. Am I right Philip!?
>
>PS. What is the purpose of using hidden fields!?

you could also put the value in a hidden field within the form like
<input type="hidden" name="goto_url" value="main">

has the same effect

Mark


>Antonis
>--- Philip Lees <pjlees at ics.forth.gr> wrote:
> > Aaargh! I said this:
> >
> > > However, I think the main problem with Antonis'
> > login script is this:
> > >
> > > my $goto_url = $cgi->param("goto_url");
> >
> > But I failed to notice this:
> >
> > > > This works for me if I call the script with
> > '?goto_url=test':
> >
> > On the other hand, Antonis' index.htm invokes the
> > script as follows:
> >
> > <form method="POST"
> > enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
> > action="http://localhost/login.pl">
> >
> > There's no ?goto_url in there.
> >
> > I don't know what happens if you try to mix form
> > field parameters and
> > URL type arguments. Probably better not to. I don't
> > understand why you
> > need to pass goto_url as a parameter anyway. If you
> > must do that, why
> > not just use a hidden form field:
> >
> > <input type="hidden" name="goto_url" value="test">
> >
> > Philip
> > --
> > Philip Lees
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> >
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> > pjlees at ics.forth.gr
> >
> > 'The aim of high technology should be to simplify,
> > not complicate' -
> > Hans Christian von Baeyer
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